Why China's soybean tariffs matter
- Written by Ian Sheldon, Chair in Agricultural Marketing, Trade and Policy, The Ohio State University
AP Photo/Seth Perlman
China’s plan to levy a 25 percent tariff on imports of U.S. soybeans may come as something of a surprise to most Americans. But to a professor of agricultural economics who studies international commodity markets for a living, this was not at all unexpected.
Even before...